McAllister & Quinn is well-respected for its record of success and return on investment for its college and university clients nationwide.
McAllister & Quinn offers federal grant and faculty development consulting to small and mid-sized colleges to help an institution sharpen its strategic focus and increase and diversify external funding. McAllister & Quinn has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in competitive grant funding for scholarships and student support, academic programs, research, and equipment.
Professional Grant Writing & Coaching
McAllister & Quinn maintains the largest and most specialized grant consultant network in the country. Faculty and staff work with writing teams from our proprietary network of over 250 subject matter experts. A writing team that includes a McAllister & Quinn in-house professional, writer, reviewer and editor is assigned to grant projects. Our team works collaboratively with faculty and staff. McAllister & Quinn can transform a small or non-existent grants office into a robust grant seeking operation.
Faculty Development
The McAllister & Quinn grants service was created with the demands on faculty and staff at teaching institutions in mind. Regardless of an institution’s size, mission or level of experience with grants, our consulting model yields results. McAllister & Quinn professional development offerings appeal to a range of faculty and staff at different experience levels. McAllister & Quinn offers monthly webinars on a variety of topics that aim to help faculty and staff improve their grant seeking approach and learn more about funding opportunities.
McAllister & Quinn Vice President, Dr. Frank A. Boyd, discusses McAllister & Quinn’s faculty development, capacity building, and training services.
Every day McAllister & Quinn clients are notified by a funder that their proposal has been selected for funding.
Examples of Recent Client Success:
Felician University received a $4.5M HSI-STEM grant from the Department of Education. This grant builds capacity at Hispanic-Serving Institutions to improve outcomes for Hispanic and/or low-Income STEM students.
Juniata College was awarded a $497K Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This grant program provides capital funding for its library renovation project.
Millersville University was awarded a $1.5M S-STEM Track 2 grant from the National Science Foundation. This grant provides scholarships for low-income, academically talented STEM students.
Dominican University received a $2.7M HRSA Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. This program provides financial support for students enrolled in health programs.
SUNY Geneseo was awarded a $1.4M Noyce Track 1 Scholarships & Stipends grant from the National Science Foundation. This grant provides scholarships and programming to STEM students who will pursue a teaching profession.
Representative Clients
Recent Insights
With bipartisan support, Congress passed and signed into law the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This bill is poised to change the federal funding landscape for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at colleges and universities.
Goshen College was awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance program.
McAllister & Quinn is excited to announce that Amanda Parsons, M.P.P., P.M.P. has been promoted to Chief of Staff of the Higher Education Practice.
McAllister & Quinn is excited to announce that Kaitlyn Sands, M.P.A., has joined the firm’s growing Higher Education practice as Director of Grants & Federal Affairs.
McAllister & Quinn is excited to announce that Dr. Frank A. Boyd, political science and higher education expert with 26 years of experience, is joining McAllister & Quinn as Vice President in the Higher Education Practice in April.
McAllister & Quinn has succeeded in securing more than $1 billion in competitive grant funding for their clients. McAllister and Quinn says the achievement reflects the strength and depth of their collaborations with their clients, winning grants from across a broad range of federal agencies, foundations, and other funding sources.
Small & Mid-Sized Colleges & Universities Team
John McAllister
Managing Partner
Sally A. White, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Advisor for Firm Wide Strategic Initiatives
Maeve Connolly
Senior Vice President
Jessica C. Gerrity, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Leader of the Higher Education Practice
Ellen Riddleberger
Senior Vice President
Annie Brown Kurowski, MSc
Vice President
Angie Buckingham Melton, J.D.
Vice President
Frank A. Boyd, Ph.D.
Vice President
Ed Williams
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Jeremy Asay M.Ed.
Director of Higher Education Grants Services
Annie Ascunce
Director of Grants & Federal Affairs
Zoe Bock
Research Analyst
Amy Carey
Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Brittany Causey
Managing Director
Emily Cunningham
Managing Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Rachel DesFosses
Senior Research Analyst
Susan Faulkner, Ed.D.
Executive Director of the Office of Grants Services
Mallory Findlay
Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Rachel Flammer
Director, Grants and Federal Affairs
Tori Foster
Managing Director
Lindsay Gough, MPA
Director of Grants
Zachary (Zac) Hart, Ph.D.
Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Christine Hempowicz, Ed.D., CRA
Managing Director
Alexandra (AJ) Jensen, MBA
Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives Team Leader
Marianne Jordan
Managing Director of Grants, Foundation Relations Practice Leader
Claire Kartoz
Director of Grants & Federal Affairs
William M. Kay
Managing Director of Grants & Federal Affairs
Garrett Knothe
Director of Federal Affairs
Ray Marks
Research Analyst
Christopher Mather
Senior Communications & Business Development Analyst
Deanna Nelson, MPA
Director, Grants and Federal Affairs
Korie O’Kelly
Director, Grants and Federal Affairs
Alexis Pangborn
Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Amanda Parsons, MPP, PMP
Chief of Staff, Higher Education Practice
Micaela Quinn
Senior Research Analyst
Kaitlyn Sands, MBA, MS
Director of Grants and Federal Affairs
Jessica Schor
Managing Director, Team Leader on Higher Education Client Management
Jennifer R. Taylor
Director, Higher Education
Jessica Zamiska
Managing Director of Grants
